Conceptualization of dental caries by dental students is related to their preventive oral care routine
Autor: | Marisa Chanin, Gabriella M Appice, Amy L. Stein, Ashley M Culver, Constanza E. Fernández |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Toothbrushing medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics Concept Formation Students Dental 02 engineering and technology Disease Dental Caries Oral hygiene Tooth brushing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Overall response rate 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans Conceptualization business.industry Multifactorial disease 030206 dentistry General Medicine Preventive Dentistry Oral Hygiene Dental care Family medicine Female business |
Zdroj: | Journal of Dental Education. 84:1426-1437 |
ISSN: | 1930-7837 0022-0337 |
Popis: | OBJECTIVE Whether the understanding of dental caries influences how future dentists manage the disease themselves has not been previously studied. Thus, this study evaluated whether the conceptualization (understanding) of dental caries by dental students is related to their own preventive oral care routine. METHODS Dental students at a U.S. dental school (n = 517) were invited to voluntarily respond to an anonymous electronic survey in spring 2018. Demographic characteristics, caries conceptualization (CC), dental care habits, and self-caries risk determination were asked. Discursive responses to CC were analyzed by content analysis technique, and categories [c] were created. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used for analysis. RESULTS Overall response rate was 54.5% (n = 282, 48.2% female). Three researchers independently analyzed discursive answers and classified them into 1 of 6 caries concept categories [c]: [c1] only signs of the disease (10.3%), [c2] bacterial disease-not specifying bacterial metabolism (38.3%), [c3] bacterial byproducts-not specifying substrate (13.8%), [c4] biological or multifactorial concept (24.8%), [c5] comprehensive multifactorial disease (8.2%), or [c6] other (4.6%). Only 33% completely defined dental caries according to the modern understanding of the disease (c4-c5). Statistical differences were found between: CC and diet modification, CC and rinsing after brushing, year of school (YS) and self-determined caries-risk, YS and brushing at school, and YS and rinsing after brushing (P |
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